100% OK to Be Who You Are

On the 12th - 15th
June (and open until the 12th July), it's as
simple as wearing a wristband for Aucklanders to show the
Rainbow community* that they are 100%
OK/TINO PAI with people being themselves 100% of the
time.

Can you imagine having to worry about what will
happen when you visit a clothing store, go on a romantic
dinner or have a doctor’s appointment? For many people in
the Rainbow community, there is a lot of anxiety caused by
having to guess the level of acceptance in these everyday
situations.

The 100% OK project aims to help the
Rainbow community know that there are many Auckland allies
out there - 30,000 in fact!

“It's an evolution, not a
revolution. We're only asking allies to take small
steps.”Trevor Easton from the 100% OK
project and OUTLine

If you’d like to volunteer to
help promote the wristbands and stickers please contact:
trevor@outline.org.nz

A group of our
finest has come together to continue to make Auckland the
world’s most livable city for our Rainbow community from
this June onwards. By helping and encouraging people,
businesses and associations to simply say I am 100%
OK with the Rainbow community, they hope to help take
the guessing away.

Allies of diversity can simply change a
profile picture, wear a wristband or display a 100%
OK/TINO PAI sticker on their car or shop window to show
their support. The wristbands come in sets of 6 colours so
that you can share your Rainbow with someone else. All
donations received from the wristbands go to OUTLine
– a support service for the Rainbow community active since
1972. Show you are TINO PAI by posting a photo on
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and simply tag it with
#100%OK – with an aim to reach 30,000 tags by the
12th July 2014.

In 2010, Auckland council staff and
people from or working with the Rainbow community gathered
to form a group called the Rainbow Door. They recently
organized 3 hui across Auckland to create a ‘doorway’ to
discussion between the Rainbow community and the new
council. At these hui, they tackled the question: what would
the world’s most livable city look for the Rainbow
community? From the discussions a framework was created and
actions recommended – and the 100% OK project was
born.

“It can be hard speaking up for anyone, but
even one sentence can make the world of difference”
Toni Duder from the 100% OK project

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